The development of a method of suspension RNA-FISH for forensically relevant epithelial cells using LNA probes

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-92

  Williams, Eletra ^a,b   Lin, Meng Han ^b   Harbison, Sallyann ^b   Fleming, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body fluid identification; Epithelial cells; FISH; Forensic; mRNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 10; LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; GENETIC MARKER; KRT10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL LABELING; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER MICRODISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUSPENSION; SUSPENSION RNA FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MOUTH MUCOSA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VAGINA;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KERATIN-10; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MOUTH MUCOSA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; VAGINA;

EID: 84891614570     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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